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Topic: Ancient India



Definition/Introduction

_ What is the topic? What does it cover?

The study of ancient India is mainly the study of a mystery.
Little is known about the civilizations that inhabited the area
now known as India. The excavation of the city of Harappa
revealed a highly evolved civilization that vanished about 1500
B.C. What is known about ancient India is fascinating to study.

_ Catalog Subject Headings or Keywords
India
Indus River
South Asia
Ganges River
Ancient civilization
Ancient history

_ Dewey Numbers
930 General Ancient history
934 Ancient India
954 India

Print Resources

_ Reference titles [dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, specific subject references]
Great civilizations of the East: Discover the Rremarkable History of Asia and the Far East:
Mesopotamia, Ancient India, the Chinese Empire, Ancient Japan. London: Southwater Press; c2001.

_ General titles [nonfiction, any suitable fiction]
Be sure to check the library online catalog to find additional suitable materials.
Ali, Daud. Ancient India: What Life Was Like For the Ancient Indians. Southwater, Distributed by
National Book Network, c2003.
Schomp, Virginia. Ancient India (People of the Ancient World). Franklin Watts, c2005.
Woods, Michael. Ancient Warfare: From Clubs to Catapults. Runestone, c2000.

_ Journals
Be sure to check any online periodical database at your school library for more...
Browne, Eric [et al.] “India”. Monkeyshines on Ancient Cultures, 2001, p83, 7p
“Mysterious Ancient India”. Kids Discover, May2003, Vol. 13 Issue 5, p2, 2p, 1 map, 5c
Souci, Robert D. San. “The Hunas in India”. Calliope, Sep/Oct91, Vol. 2 Issue 1, p20, 4p, 3bw

Web Resources

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Ancient India

Information about Ancient Civilizations including a time line, the environment, religion, clothing, language, food, science, people and more.
Paintings, Architecture, and Fine Art in India Through the Centuries.
"This site shares daily life in three major time periods of ancient India history; the mysterious and so cool Indus Valley Civilization, the Vedic & Epics Periods, and the Age of Empires."
Prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army.
This site addresses themes or topics relevant to ancient India.
1,001 illustrated pages by the world's leading scholars.
Geography and Origins of Ancient Indus Civilization; Cultural Elements and Timeline of the Harappan; Arts Technology and Trade of the Classical Harappan.
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